Cobey
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KOH-bee
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,301 for boys
Cobey is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “supplanter”. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies).
What does Cobey mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Coby, a pet form of Jacob
“supplanter”
A spelling of Coby, a pet form of Jacob taken from its second syllable.
Is Cobey a girl's or a boy's name?
Cobey is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Cobey in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,301among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 58% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Cobey, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,512th. Its busiest year was 2011, with 25 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Cobey than any year since 2002.
Half of all the boys named Cobey in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 171 boys in the UK were given Cobey or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #307, up from #4,301 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Cobey in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 12 | #2,009 |
| 2023 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 2022 | 8 | #2,678 |
| 2021 | 9 | #2,434 |
| 2020 | 17 | #1,512 |
| 2019 | 18 | #1,479 |
| 2018 | 15 | #1,715 |
| 2017 | 16 | #1,649 |
| 2016 | 20 | #1,403 |
| 2015 | 16 | #1,612 |
| 2014 | 17 | #1,511 |
| 2013 | 21 | #1,290 |
| 2012 | 21 | #1,313 |
| 2011 | 25 | #1,125 |
| 2010 | 23 | #1,206 |
| 2009 | 14 | #1,674 |
| 2008 | 22 | #1,210 |
| 2007 | 7 | #2,554 |
| 2006 | 11 | #1,742 |
| 2005 | 17 | #1,267 |
| 2004 | 8 | #1,983 |
| 2003 | 9 | #1,723 |
| 2002 | 3 | #3,325 |
How popular is Cobey in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2001, with 50 boys. It first appears in the records in 1972.
Half of all the boys named Cobey in the US since 1880 were born between 1997 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.
Cobey in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 9 | #8,307 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 5 | #12,322 |
| 2021 | 9 | #8,161 |
| 2020 | 5 | #12,016 |
| 2019 | 11 | #7,168 |
| 2018 | 9 | #8,150 |
| 2017 | 6 | #10,770 |
| 2016 | 8 | #8,811 |
| 2015 | 10 | #7,486 |
| 2014 | 6 | #10,711 |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,650 |
| 2012 | 14 | #5,995 |
| 2011 | 6 | #10,801 |
| 2010 | 27 | #3,811 |
| 2009 | 18 | #5,100 |
| 2008 | 27 | #3,820 |
| 2007 | 18 | #4,994 |
| 2006 | 14 | #5,777 |
| 2005 | 20 | #4,321 |
| 2004 | 31 | #3,154 |
| 2003 | 33 | #2,918 |
| 2002 | 35 | #2,681 |
| 2001 | 50 | #2,082 |
| 2000 | 34 | #2,669 |
| 1999 | 46 | #2,060 |
| 1998 | 37 | #2,346 |
| 1997 | 17 | #3,872 |
| 1996 | 15 | #4,179 |
| 1995 | 13 | #4,502 |
| 1994 | 12 | #4,797 |
| 1993 | 12 | #4,690 |
| 1992 | 9 | #5,652 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 9 | #5,375 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 7 | #5,745 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 5 | #6,311 |
| 1983 | 5 | #6,234 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 7 | #4,959 |
| 1980 | 6 | #5,523 |
| 1979 | 9 | #4,066 |
| 1978 | 9 | #3,855 |
| 1977 | 8 | #4,162 |
| 1976 | 7 | #4,416 |
| 1975 | 9 | #3,657 |
| 1974 | 11 | #3,118 |
| 1973 | 11 | #3,011 |
| 1972 | 6 | #4,438 |
Names like Cobey
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Cody Brody Riley Caleb Noah Casey Caelan Logan Finley Ethan Marley Isaac
Other spellings of Cobey
Names related to Cobey
More Hebrew names
Isabella Elijah James Jack Mia Ava Jude Ezra Benjamin Jacob Daniel Samuel Elias Mateo Elsie Levi
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Cobey: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/cobey, updated 20 October 2026.